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City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College was awarded 42 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is personal & culinary services.
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Kennedy-King College landed the #1,877 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
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Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College is 47%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 46% rate at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,878 undergraduates at Kennedy-King College with 782 being full-time and 1,096 being part-time.
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Kennedy-King College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Kennedy-King College, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $8,106 a year. That adds up to $32,424 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Kennedy-King College is 14.9%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Kennedy-King College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 6301 S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621-2709 |
| Phone: | 773-602-5000 |
| Website: | www.ccc.edu/colleges/kennedy/pages/default.aspx |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 1,081 students took at least one online class at City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King College. This is a decrease from the 1,813 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,081 | 776 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,813 | 1,640 |
| 2018-2019 | 263 | 86 |
| 2017-2018 | 275 | 87 |
| 2016-2017 | 233 | 66 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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